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eastern box turtle

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By Lauram


eastern box turtle

this is the first box turtle I've seen this year.



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aww that's so sweet -where was it ???

21 Mar, 2011

 

Turtle on a mission! Lovely colours, Lauram.

21 Mar, 2011

 

He was crossing the trail in front of us. This was about 2 minutes after Natalie screamed "look, a turtle!" and we stopped for a painted turtle. After a few photos we took off again and I saw the box turtle up ahead; then I yelled "a box turtle!" and poor Natalie nearly fell off her bike.
Usually the males are more brightly colored than females; I saw a male once who was so gaudy, so ridiculously spotted with orange and red and yellow, that to this day he's the most beautiful turtle I've ever seen.

21 Mar, 2011

 

It is a lovely little thing :):)

22 Mar, 2011

 

You are so lucky to have these in the wild. Would love to see a picture of a male box turtle..when/if you see one again :)

22 Mar, 2011

 

Ditto to that Judywolf!

22 Mar, 2011

 

This is actually a male - but there is tremendous variation in color and pattern. Overall the females do tend to be a little duller. They generally also have brown eyes while males mostly have red eyes.

22 Mar, 2011

 

Great picture. They are so pretty.

23 Mar, 2011



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